Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 131
मर्त्यलोके यदा विष्णो ह्यवतारं करिष्यसि । भ्रात्रा सह परं दुःखं स्वभार्या हरणं च यत्
martyaloke yadā viṣṇo hyavatāraṃ kariṣyasi | bhrātrā saha paraṃ duḥkhaṃ svabhāryā haraṇaṃ ca yat
আৰু হে বিষ্ণু! যেতিয়া তুমি মর্ত্যলোকে অৱতাৰ গ্ৰহণ কৰিবা, তেতিয়া ভ্ৰাতাৰ সৈতে তুমি পৰম দুখ ভোগ কৰিবা—নিজ পত্নীৰ হৰণ সেই দুখ।
Gāyatrī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: Prophetic tableau: Viṣṇu’s impending descent to earth; two brothers walking in a forest; the looming event of wife’s abduction suggested symbolically (a shadowed chariot or distant figure).
FAQs
Even divine incarnations accept hardship to uphold dharma, turning suffering into a stage for righteous action.
Prabhāsa remains the māhātmya setting, though this verse expands the narrative to Viṣṇu’s future earthly descent.
None; it is prophetic narrative content.